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Launch Vehicles of ISAS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Yasuo Tanaka
Yasuo Tanaka*
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa-ken 229, Japan

Abstract

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The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) has developed a series of launch vehicles for delivering modest scale scientific satellites into space. This capability is unique for an inter-university research institute. The present ISAS launch vehicle, M-3S II, carries a 770 kg payload into a low earth orbit (LEO). A new program for the development of a more capable vehicle, M-V, started recently, which will have a LEO capability three times that of M-3S II. The enhanced launch capability will further expand the scope of the ISAS missions to include planetary explorations.

Type
III. Launch Vehicles
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 123: Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond , 1990 , pp. 339 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990